‘Thriller’ Jacket Sold

‘Thriller’ Jacket Sold, The jacket worn by Michael Jackson in his Thriller video has sold 1.8 million at auction to commemorate the second anniversary of the death of the pop superstar. A gold trader from Texas, Milton Verret, who plans to use to raise money for children’s hospitals worldwide, bought the number of black leather and red icon.

Launched in 1983, presented 14 minutes epic Thriller zombie dance and has been hailed as one of the most influential music videos of all time.

The jacket is one of the two leads in the video, which was included in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2009.

The hammer fell to 1.5 million, but a buyer’s premium and pushed the final figure up to 1.8 m (£ 1.1 million).